​What is botanical illustration?

An account of the development of botanical illustration for scientific purposes

What is scientific botanical illustration?

The emphasis of botanical illustration is on science rather than visual art.

Botanical illustration is always a true and lifelike representation of a plant. It should highlight a plant's particular distinguishing features which enable botanists to tell one plant from another​

The fundamental factor in scientific quality of a botanical illustration is not the medium the artist chooses to use or the technology used for its representation, but the artist's understanding of plant morphologyStephen A Harris | The Scientific Context of Botanical Illustration in 'A New Flowering'

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